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J. D. NOYES.

GRIPPING' TOOL APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. 1918.

1,31 1,991. PatentedAug. 5,1919.

c lwvewtoz Jessefl Nogea .anssn'n orms, or PLEASART ILLE, PENNSYLVANIA..-

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jesse D. Norms, a citizen of the United States, residing at lleasantville, in the county of Venango and State 'of Pennsylvania, have invented 'certam new and useful Improvements in Gr1pping-Tools, of which the following a speci-' a simple' and efiicient gri ping device of the kind stated, the same being so constructed and arranged that the object is firmly gripped with a straight pull thereon without kinking or bending the same.

With the. object stated in view, the invention consists in a novel combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing. forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is afront elevation of the device, with parts broken away;

Fig. 2'is a cross section on'the line which are positioned two parallel, elongated clamping bars 6 and 7, respectively, pro ecting a suflicient distancefr-om one end of the yoke for attachment to a suspension ring 8,

these projecting ends of the bars being formed with eyes 9 through which the ring is placed. The yoke is positioned trans-- versely of the clamping bars. Through the sides of the yoke 5 and through the oar 7 passes a bolt 10 secured by a nut 1'1, whereby said bar is fastened in the yoke, andthatsideof the bar-which faces the bar 6 is fitted with a die block 12, the same seating in an undercut transverse groove in the bar and having its outer sur face serrated.

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Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

The pipe, rod, wire or other elongated obect 13 to be gripped is placed' in-the yoke 5 toseat between the bars '6 and. 7, onelsicle being In contact with the serrated face of Patented Aug.5,'"1919;. Application medium-2 26, 131s; 'SerialvNo. 242,034.

the block 12, and upon forcing the bar 6 over toward the bar 7, the obj ect'is securely gripped between the twobars,-the serrated face of the block efiectually preventing slip- .P

The bar 6 is forced over to obtain the hereinafter described clamping actionby means of a wedge key 14 which passes through openings 15in the sides of the yoke and transversely across the bar. 1

The clamping or gripping-action may also be obtained by a screw 16'. Where this screw is used, the body-ofthe clamp is made as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, it being in the form of a link-1'7 having an opening 18 in one side for insertion of the rod, Wire or other object to be -gripped. The clamping bars 6 and 7 are arranged as before, but as stated, the bar 6 is operated by the. screw.16, the same be? ing threaded through one end of the link.

'Inboth embodiments of the invention the bolt 10 provides a pivotal connection for the .bar'7, so that when a'hauling line or other pullingmeans is applied to the suspension ring 8, there is a tendency of'the bar 7'to' be crowded toward the object 13,so that the.

grip thereon is not broken. The object is 'rmly held without being bent or kinkecl,

and it can be easily withdrawn from the well or other place.

Thereis suificient'room in the yoke 5 and I the link 17 to permit the bar 6130 be swung outward from the bar 7 to enable the object 13 to be inserted between the same and the bar 6, and upon knocking out the wedge key 14, theobject is at once released.

I claim;

1 1. A gripping tool comprising a pair of parallel elongatedclamping bars, a support in which said bars are mounted, one bar being pivotally connected to the support and the other bar being free in the support for movement toward and from. the first mentioned bar, means for,forcing the second mentioned bar toward the first mentioned bar to grip an object lengthwise therebe- 'tween, and a suspension means connected to the outer ends of the bars.

-2. A gripping tool- .comprising a palr of 1 parallel elongated clamping bars, a support in which said bars are mounted, one bar being pivotally connected to the support and the 'other bar being free in the support for movementtoward and from the first men- 5 tioned'bar, means carried by the support and j engaging the second mentioned bar transversely for forcing the same toward the first .,entioned bar to grip an object lengthwise inerebetween, and a suspension means eonnect-ed tc the outer ends of the bars.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. JESSE D. NOYES. 

